Revolving clod-fender.



H. H. MUNSON.

REVOLVING GLOD FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19,1911

I,O25,420, Patented May '7, 1912.

HUGH MUNSON, OF TRURO, IOWA.

nnvonvrne CLOD-FENDER.

- Specification 01' Letters Patent.

, Application filed June 19, 1911. Serial No. 634,159.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, HUGH H. MUNSON, citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and resident of Truro, Madison county, Iowa, have invented anew and useful Revolving (Hod-Fender, of which the followingis aspecification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved construction forclod fenders for cultivators.

A further object of this invention is to i provide an improvedattachment for culti arrangement and combination of vators adapted toprevent the rolling of clods against young corn being cultivated.

A further object of this invention is to provide an improved revolvingclod fender which. shall not have a tendency to gather an accumulationof weeds, stalks and vines liable to damage young corn beingcultivated.

My invention consists in the construction, elements hereinafter setforth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated by the accompanying.

drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a cultivator equippedwith my improvement, portions being broken away to economize space. Fi

2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail vertical section on anenlarged scale on the indicated line 3.-3 of Fig. 2. I Y 1 In thedrawingI have illustrated a onerow, straddle cultivator whichsmay be of13 are mounted horizontally through the-forthe rear end portions of theclamp plates 18, 19 are mounted in spaced any desired form andconstruction.

The numerals 10, .11 designate generally cultivator beams which areequip ed with cultivating devices 12such as shove s. Bolts Ward portionsof the cultivator beams 10, 11 and a stem 14 is pivoted at one end oneach bolt and extends rearwardly and down- Wardlytherefrom. Each stem 14preferably is spaced from the beam 10 or ll by awasher v15 -and is heldin place by a nut 16 screwed on the outer end of its bolt. The stems 14preferably converge rearw'ardly and are bent into parallel relations attheir rear end por tions. Pivot bolts 17 are mounted through stems'14and relations and are free to revolve thereon.

The pivot bolts 17 are, provided with nuts 20 on their inner ends.Radiating spokes 21 of a row 0 turned up by the cultivating devices 12are said-spokes being formed of are formed of separate loops of wire andare received at their open ends between the clamp plates 18, 19 and heldfirmly in place by bolts 22 passing through and clamping together theplates 18,19. The looped outerendsiof the spokes 21 form the peripheryof a wheel or circular fender, which periphery is adapted to contactwith the ground and cause the wheel to revolve'in advance of thePatentedMay 7,1912.

cultivator. The revolving fenders thus formed are disposed in spacedparallel relatiOnssbetWeen the cultivator beams 10, 11

ted to travel on opposite sides and are ada corn being cultivated. Clodsprevented by the fenders from falling upon or rolling against andburying or otherwise damaging young corn being cultivated. The revolvingfeature of the fenders'is of advantage in that it prevents weeds, oldstalks,

vines and the like from accumulating in front of the fenders "andforming a ra liable to injure the corn. .Any such obstacle oraccumulation encountered by the fenders is rolled over and left behindas the fender revolves inadvance of the'cultivator. The

fenders may be removed from, the lieams I0, 11 when desired by removingthe nuts 16 and bolts 15. 3 3

.I ,do not'desire to be understood as limiting myself to the exact formand arrangement of parts shown as various modifications thereoflmay beemploved without departing from the spirit of my invention.

' I claim as my invention- 1. A revolving clod fender, comprising asuitable hub'and spokes radiating therefrom, looped wire secure to. thehub at theiropen ends.

2. A revolving clod fender, comprising a suitable hub and spokesradiating therefrom,-

said spokes formed of separate loops of wire clamped to-the hub at theiropenv ends, the closed ends of the loops forming the peripheryof thefender.

3. A revolving clod fender, comprising a 'stem,'a pi vot bolt .therein,spaced clamp plates on'said pivot bolt, bolts connecting said'o'lampplates, their inner ends b'e'twensaid plates, said spokes formed'ofseparate loops of wire, thelooped ends of said spokes adapted to contactwith and roll on the ground.

and spokes clamped 'at 4. In combination with a cultivator havingradiating spokes of looped Wire clamped tospaced beams, stems fixedat'theirforwerd gether at their open ends. 10

their rear end portions, pivot bolts in rear ends to said beams, saidstems converging Signed by me at Truro, Iowa, this 9th rearwardly andbent into parallel planes at day of June, 1911.

' HUGH H. MUNSON.

end portions of said stems, and revolving Witnesses: clodfenders mounted011 said pivot bolts '1. R. JEFFRIES, and spaced apart, said fenderscomprising L. SARHILL.

